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TIL a 1931 production of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" used a practical effect of makeup invisible under red light and a pair of red/green lamps to transform the actor between Jekyll and Hyde.

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9YwK7 Orcas hunt great white sharks —yes, great white sharks— for their livers.
XKlr TIL In 1950, Sen. McCarthy claimed that communists have infiltrated the federal government. On being confronted by Sen. Tydings about these allegations, McCarthy’s staff retaliated by circulating a composite picture of Tydings with the then leader of the American Communist Party.
pWLp TIL that prosecutors who hid evidence that would have cleared a man who was sentenced to death were not able to be punished according to the Supreme Court
Eb6x TIL Warren buffett made 99% of his income after he turned 50. At the age of 85, he is one of the richest man on earth having net worth $66.7 billion.
9wp1B TIL about the time the Thomas Jefferson teamed up with Joseph-Ignace Guillotin on a special mission for the French Crown to determine whether Mesmerism was quackery or not